on saturday dan, tashi and i took a hike on the rivanna trail which has an access point just up the road from our neighborhood. tashi received a walking stick and some hiking boots for her birthday, all in an effort to get her more psyched about exploring our new mountainous surround. she did pretty well and when she started to complain we launched into a game of follow the leader. it was a gorgeous sunny day and we had many a fine view of the lumpy blue ridge looking particularly blue. we also discovered the mccormick observatory, which was closed.
today loki had a tail check-up and was liberated once and for all from his cone-head. when we got home i let him sit outside in the sun in his cat-cage. he seemed pretty blissed out, observing the world, ears twitching, licking his entire body, rolling around, batting at the little jingling mouse the vet assistant gave him. not even the confines of a cage could dampen the joy of being released from the cone.
we have plans to make a loki love den in dan's office, and to build a tunnel-bridge leading to an enclosed area on the deck from the office window. just some wood planks and chicken wire should do the trick. we're viewing it as a sculptural art project and are trying to make the most of loki's quarantine status. my feelings have been swinging constantly in this situation, from thoughts that there is no way our cat could have rabies, to paranoid terror. so we will take the middle path and do our best to stay safe while treating our cat with love and compassion.
today is a gorgeous 60 degree day. i sat outside in my t-shirt, eating my lunch. i started the day with a free iyengar yoga class at the blue ridge yoga center. and now tashi is begging me to read calvin and hobbes, with which she is obsessed.
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